Hammer of Technology

Ning Wei nodded, and then asked back: "Oh! So Cisco also belongs to that small group? It seems that your equipment uses my research results without my permission, right?"

Huang Yunjian took a deep breath and said hesitantly, "This..."

Ning Wei smiled and said: "Okay, okay, Lao Huang, don't be round, be sincere, we all understand the rules of this world. I also understand your thoughts, so let me solemnly promise, Before you reach an agreement with Huawei, you will not post about Cisco on Weibo, so you can always feel at ease? You came to Beijing from Hangzhou to find me. To put it bluntly, isn’t it just for this? But you still want to Reach an agreement with Huawei as soon as possible, and I will wait for you for a week. After all, you have to make orders from Wall Street, right? Otherwise, the news will be released, and even breaking the appointment will be an unbearable pain for Cisco. I am right, right? ?”

"So if I were you, I have to fly to Shencheng right now, and I might have to wait in line if I get there too late. For the sake of our acquaintance, I will secretly tell you a news, and hurry to follow up now." Your family is definitely not the only one negotiating with Huawei. I don’t know what kind of model Huawei’s internal structure is, but I think there are only a few bosses who can make a decision at most? If you go late, I’m afraid only the deputy will receive you. It's embarrassing. After all, among the companies that are going to negotiate this time, Cisco is really not the biggest and strongest."

These meaningful words made Huang Yunjian stunned on the spot. He wanted to grab a seat when he was negotiating?What the hell is going on in this world?

……

Yeah, what the hell is going on in this world?This is definitely not only Huang Yunjian's question, but also the question of countless Chinese netizens, and today everyone is a witness to history, witnessing the birth of the youngest Wolf Award winner, and it is the first time in history that Wolff The judging committee changed the winner on the premise that the winner had already been determined.

Unlike the Fields Medal, the Wolf Medal is a lifetime achievement award. Generally speaking, it is a young person who can get this award before the age of 60. For a mathematician, he usually gets the Fields Medal first when he is young. In the end, when judging the outstanding contributions of these outstanding mathematicians, a Wolf Award will be added to give the title of Grand Slam.

Of course, it is also a supplement for those late blooming mathematicians. After all, the Fields Medal limits the age of 40 years old, which is somewhat unfair to those mathematicians who only produce results after 40 years old.

Ningwei’s situation this time is extremely special. One can imagine how much public opinion repercussions were caused in the entire academic circle when the Wolf Foundation officially announced it.This is the case that many academic leaders have already known.

Therefore, Huang Yunjian's analysis is really correct. The Wolf Foundation waited to release the news at the same time as the Cray Mathematics Institute. It may not have the idea of ​​letting the Cray Institute disperse the pressure of public opinion.See, the Institute of Clay Mathematics Institute also thinks that Ning Wei deserves his name, so please stop staring at our Wolf Foundation family and make complaints about it.

It is naturally impossible for ordinary people to know how many big figures came forward to discuss, coordinate, protest and finally compromise.

The information that ordinary people receive from the Internet is that Ning Wei suddenly popped out early in the morning and posted a Weibo, telling the world that he would like to thank Professor Lucasson Friend, who had published his thesis, in this email About an hour after being exposed by Ning Wei, the Wolf Foundation and the Clay Institute of Mathematics suddenly announced that we would give Ning Wei the honor, because he deserved it...

Indeed, at this moment, many ordinary people thought that Ning Wei had reconciled with Lucasson Friend in exchange for reconciliation with the world mathematics community, and then won these two awards.

But at this time, another explosive news was uploaded from Twitter. The 911 ambulance drove into the Institute of Advanced Mathematics in Princeton again, and took Professor Lucasson Friend into the ambulance. It is said that the old professor had a sudden increase in blood pressure and cerebral hemorrhage after reading Ning Wei's thank you letter. Concurrent with dizziness, and fortunately, the police were called immediately. According to the attending doctor, if it is a few minutes late, or the bleeding point is corrected a little, it may be separated forever.

At the same time, the picture of the thank you letter in pure English was finally translated into text and began to spread on the Internet. Only then did everyone realize that this is not a thank you letter, but a reminder...

"In 2023, I feel that I have done nothing, and I am busy witnessing history."

"Have you noticed a strange phenomenon? This year, I can't see all kinds of melons of those big stars on Weibo. Now I would rather eat a melon every day, and still take care of my fullness. I have never seen such an academic person who can make troubles." !"

"So can anyone explain to me what material Ning Xueshen added to the turbulence algorithm? Is it a back door?"

"Brother, go to his previous Weibo, and you will understand the little math trick posted by Ning Xueshen. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you can read the comment area, there are many great gods who have given explanations."

"I remember that the last time Ning Wei posted a Weibo, he was so angry that the old man was hospitalized. This time it was another Weibo, and the old man was hospitalized again. Poor Professor Flender probably can't bear such a torment." Bar?"

"No, no, the Weibo that Ning Wei posted last time must have been posted by himself, but this time it is not necessarily the case. Don't forget that Ning Wei's Weibo is already in the hands of cats. We all know that cats are the most vengeful Yes, so it is still open to debate who posted this Weibo.”

"Who can explain to the scumbag, what is the Clay Mathematics Institute, and what is the Millennium Mathematics Prize? How do you feel that the Millennium Mathematics Prize is higher than the Wolf Prize? So the Cray Mathematics Research Institute The award is better than the Wolf Award, right?"

"Brothers and sisters, let me emphasize that Ning Wei Xueshen is 24 years old this year. Do you know what it means to win the Wolf Prize at the age of 24? It is probably equivalent to a person who wrote a book at the age of 24 and won the Nobel Prize. The judges of the award directly awarded him the Nobel Prize for Literature because of this book!"

……

The emotions of netizens on the intranet have almost been vented, and most of them are numb. How should I put it, everyone is almost fatigued.

Since last year, the name Ningwei has been airborne into a hot search almost every month. This month, Ningwei has been searched too many times, and it has reached its climax since it was released in March, and it is directly on the official page. It appeared in the most serious news reports of the media, so there are really few people in China who don't know the meaning of this name.So for Ning Wei to get these awards, for ordinary people in Huaxia, it is absolutely deserving.

If these awards dare not be given to Ning Wei, it must be full of shady scenes.

But the reaction on the Internet is completely different, especially on Twitter and Facebook, the effect is directly fried!

Especially in Europe, many people even associate this name with the gray boy who loves Her Royal Highness deeply but is disliked by the royal family. When they see Ningwei, what they think of is not his achievements in mathematics, but the Isabel Princess.

From the perspective of many outstanding young people in the academic circle, seeing Ning Wei, he thought of this mathematician's performance at the two World Conferences on Computer Algorithms, the extra learning content of the lost vacation, and this guy's report In the final stage of the meeting, those words that sound self-effacing, but are actually crazy face-slapping words.

For many academic circles in the third world outside of China, thanks to the collective ban and cold treatment of them by the Western media before, the news that Ning Wei suddenly won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Clay Prize in Mathematics Research was like a thunderbolt on the ground. These people buzzing...

Yes, Ning Wei was able to develop an artificial intelligence program like March, which is really amazing.But why would the jury for the Wolf Prize in Mathematics dare to make such a decision?Change the winners directly in the year?Do you still have your credibility?

So when some Chinese people open foreign social software such as Twitter or Facebook and search for news about Ningwei, they will definitely have a strange feeling-are they evaluating a person?

Young people in European and American academic circles probably comment on this style of painting.

"Although the news is sudden, I think these two awards are probably well deserved. But I always feel a little happy to win the Wolf Award first. Does this mean that if this doctor may be with Phil? Is there no chance?"

"Well, this operation of Wolff's review committee is probably reasonable and unexpected. Although I think Ning Wei is absolutely unworthy, I still congratulate him for winning these two awards, because I hope mathematics The award and the mathematics research award can remind this doctoral student that he is a mathematician first, please stop competing with the algorithm community!"

"My mentor said that he is the most talented mathematician in the world at present, so what is there to say? Say that those lost vacations are impossible to come back. But there is something more terrible, when You want to delve into the mathematical ideas he put forward, and that feeling is the same as when I first came into contact with group theory, and the whole person is in a state of depression! Those complicated concepts are really too difficult to understand!"

"Sincere greetings from a postgraduate student in Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence! Dr. Ning, I hope you will be a good person in your future career after winning the award! Can your theories make people crazy? At least there is a group theory. The symmetry is understandable, you are good, just set up a set one by one, the obscure concept can drive people crazy, you know?"

When it comes to European ordinary people, the style of painting begins to become weird.

"Wow, this is God's reward for this poor boy's serious study. He deserves the $110 million prize. I don't know if the two awards can change the stereotype of this young man in the snow royal family. But I still hope Bless him and Isabel!"

"I know Ning Wei. His love affair with Princess Isabel touched me deeply. Really, I can understand this young man. He is probably the best Chinese person, isn't he? At this moment, I can't think of other words except wishing gone."

"Congratulations to Ningwei from the bottom of my heart, really! He has suffered too much indifference and unfair treatment. When I read the story of him and Isabel from the Sun newspaper, I really cried! Anyone who struggles for love All the young people are doing well! Winning the award again proves that he is still working hard towards his ideal."|

"Really, I am not surprised to see this news. I knew this day would come sooner or later after I saw that beautiful kitten. I believe everyone should still remember that beautiful kitten. Really, It's so cute, just as cute as Isabel, and I know I'll bless them, and may the lovers be married!"

When it comes to the third world, especially the academic circles in India, there are really all kinds of doubts...

"Is the Wolf Foundation crazy? Western academia has begun to degenerate. They can't even tell the difference between an ordinary program and a real artificial intelligence. They even tampered with the winners to put a liar on the altar .”

"When I saw the news today, I thought that April Fool's Day had come early. There is nothing more ridiculous than this. A young man's clumsy performance turned into a grand carnival in the Western world."

"I am not surprised to see this news. It is nothing more than the demand for capital. Technology stocks are in a downturn, and US stocks are in a downturn. Capitalists need innovative technology to boost morale, so they regard a big lie as the truth. After a few years, many people will be nailed to the pillar of shame. Especially those members of the Wolf Mathematics Prize Review Committee, they will eventually pay for their ignorance!"

"Ningwei? It's just a genius who was created by packaging. I've read his papers, and they're all bluffs! As for the so-called artificial intelligence and turbulent flow algorithm, there may be something real in it, but it's been infinitely exaggerated. Why didn't he Continuing to prove the ns equation has already explained everything. History will answer everything, and the Wolf Prize will fall from the altar from today."

……

In short, it was another collective carnival for media people, and it was an earth-shaking day on the Internet.However, regardless of whether the comments on the internal network or the external network have no effect on the parties concerned, of course it cannot be said completely.When Ningwei saw on the Internet that Lucasson Friend was sent to the ambulance again, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. He felt relieved, at least it proved that the group of people thousands of miles away were not confused.But he felt quite uneasy. After all, he really didn't expect that the old professor was not too old, his health was really bad, and his ability to withstand stress was not even as good as him...

But for the fact that he was sent to the hot search again today, he refused from the bottom of his heart. There was no other reason. He was quite afraid that there would be more security personnel standing guard at the entrance of the research center in the future.And he also made some things up. Ning Wei still vaguely remembers that he promised the chairman of the Wolf Foundation that if this year's Wolf Award ceremony is held in Huaxia Capital, he will also help the Foundation coordinate The venue of the awards ceremony.

The sorrows and joys between people are never connected, as if absolutely no one believes it, and it is better to feel distressed than excited about these inexplicable reactions in the Western academic circle.For example, he had to explain to his dear mother on the phone what the Wolf Prize and the Clay Prize for Mathematics Research were.

Really, Ning Wei didn't expect that when the news of his award was exposed on the Internet, the first person to call to congratulate him was his mother.

"Ning Wei, I read online that you won two more awards?"

"Oh, yes!"

"Aren't you going to be busier in the future?"

"No, what should I do or what should I do."

"Don't lie to me, if you don't work for others, why should others give you bonuses?"

"This one……"

Really, the older generation's questions often go right to the core.

"Do you know about the Nobel Prize? There are also bonuses. Do you think people need to work abroad?"

"Aren't most of the Nobel Prizes given to foreigners? Don't all those people work abroad?"

"Some Chinese people have won the Nobel Prize!"

"I know, but your dad said that the Chinese people who won the Nobel Prize have retired? Anyway, your dad said that if you get this award and ask you to go abroad to work for others after graduation, he will object to you taking this award. Honor and bonuses don’t matter, I think so too. Oh, yes, your dad asked me to tell you that you are going out, and the bullets you make for others will hit his chest sooner or later!”

"Don't worry, Mom, what is this all about?! Impossible, winning the prize has nothing to do with going abroad! By the way, have you bought your tickets yet? Do you want me to book them for you?"

Although the conversation was nonsensical that day, Ning Wei only felt warm.

Everyone only cares about the honor of his award, only the parents at home are worried about whether they will go out to work for others after receiving the bonus, and whether there will be more things because of this.

"Oh, no, the tickets have already been booked. Remember to call your Uncle Luo later to thank him. He knows that we plan to go to Beijing for the New Year this year, so he helped the factory affairs side to help us book the tickets for the trip early. Well, the train the day after tomorrow morning, the entire high-speed rail, is to transfer to the provincial capital, afraid that we won't be able to carry our luggage on the way, your Uncle Luo even specially asked the security department of the factory to arrange for two young men to take us there, no matter how you refuse It's useless. Talk about it, your father and I are not old enough for this, so it's embarrassing to cause such trouble."

These words made Ning Wei immediately think of Liu Wei beside him, but this arrangement is really considerate.Ning Wei was born when Lao Ning was 31 years old, and his father is also 55 years old. Ning's mother is only one year younger than Lao Ning. It is more than 1000 kilometers from Yancheng to Beijing, and there is no direct high-speed rail. Having someone around to take care of him really made him feel more at ease.

"Okay, I will contact Uncle Luo later, and you will send me the ticket information on WeChat later, and I will pick you up at the station the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone with his mother, Ning Weigang was about to go out to ask the two brothers arranged by the security department in Liuwei's factory if they had anything to do with their Jitu security. Tian Yanzhen opened the door and walked into his office.

"Director Tian? Why are you here?"

"I just saw the news that you won the award. I wanted to call you to come over, but I thought it was not appropriate. I just came over to congratulate you. The youngest winner of the Wolf Prize, congratulations Tell me, how do you want to celebrate? The teacher invited you to dinner today, how about it?"

Ning Wei could feel the instructor's excitement, and the smile on his face couldn't be concealed at all. He was completely different from his usual serious image, and he couldn't help but move his heart.

Sure enough, the moment the news was officially announced, it still broke the defenses of many people.

"Well, Director Tian, ​​if you really want to celebrate, please have a meal. I want to buy a batch of laboratory equipment, why don't you see if you can help me find a school to apply for?"

"Laboratory equipment? Easy to say! What equipment do you need? Have you made a list? I just happened to find someone before today's holiday, and tomorrow will be winter vacation!" Tian Yanzhen glanced at Ningwei approvingly, What a good boy, it doesn't matter if he is proud or not, he is still thinking about learning.

"That's great. I've prepared everything for you. Take a look." Taking advantage of Tian Yan's joy, Ning Wei immediately took out the list of equipment he needed from the table.

"No problem, let me see...um...huh?"

After receiving the two A4 papers handed over by Ning Wei, Tian Yan was really stunned.

High-vacuum high-temperature annealing furnace, high-temperature probe measuring instrument, resistance heating evaporation coating instrument, cvd vacuum tube furnace, electron beam coating, electromagnetic induction plasma etching, low-temperature probe measurement, single-sided deep ultraviolet lithography equipment, high kinetic energy resolution reaction imaging Spectrometer, scanning near-field optical microscope, high-intensity powder neutron diffractometer, femtosecond laser amplification system, pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering dual-mode deposition system, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer... The most exaggerated thing is that he seems to have I saw the precision five-axis linkage machining center and various machine tools...

Looking at all kinds of equipment filled with a whole page of A4 paper, Tian Yanzhen fell into deep thought, he didn't even bother to open the second one...

"Ahem, Director Tian, ​​there is a priority behind these devices. The most needed is Samsung, which means that the school does not need to buy it yet. Two stars means that some laboratories in the school have them, but the models are not the latest. You know , the same type of instruments, a generation behind, some functions are not complete, and the representatives of the one star are not in a hurry for the time being, but they will definitely be used in the future, such as those machine tools..."

After subduing his emotional excitement, Tian Yanzhen gently put the list of industrial equipment and instruments in his hand back on the table, and asked Wen Yan: "Ning Wei, do you really care about your identity as a mathematician from the bottom of your heart?" Don't quite agree?"

"This mathematician is too exaggerated. I am your student." Ning Wei replied sincerely.

"Yes, my student, we are a mathematics research center here. Look at your brother Lu. Wherever you go, you have a pen and a few pieces of paper, and you can conquer the world. You are looking at you, let me not say Can the logistics department approve all the equipment you want, let’s assume they are all approved, and the equipment has been ordered, where do you plan to pile it?”

"Are you going to buy a piece of land and build a super laboratory for you? If I'm not mistaken, the equipment and equipment you want are all-encompassing. From nanomaterials to mesoscopic physics, as well as optical physics, semiconductor processing... Let me not talk about the purchase cost of these equipment, do you know how much the daily maintenance cost is? That, Ning Wei? What do you want to do?"

Well, it sure was the reaction.

In fact, Ning Wei's idea is very simple. If he has a super laboratory and debugs all these devices, it means that he will have a highly automated precision processing platform. After the successful construction of an intelligent platform based on March , With the help of peers' data, many needs can be fulfilled almost without queuing.Although he knew it was impossible, he just wanted to...

"Hey, Director Tian, ​​I'm actually joking with you. Of course not all these instruments are required. In fact, the first one is written for fun. Why don't you look at the second one."

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265 Trouble with happiness

Tian Yanzhen didn't reach out, but just looked at Ning Wei and asked, "Well, let me just ask, do you think you can take all the equipment on the second page with your current net worth?"

As we all know, Ning Wei is a billionaire, the officially certified one, the tax paid in the two quarters is double digits, and the subsequent unit has to add another [-] million, and a data center with more than [-] million is directly won without blinking an eye. .

Tian Yanzhen never cared about how much money Ning Wei had, and there must be a hundred million behind the two of them.Not to mention that although Huawei is not listed, it will actively publish financial reports in the fiscal quarter. A brief analysis of its financial reports can probably calculate that the patent licensing fees paid to Ningwei will not be small.

Ning Wei hesitated for a moment, then shook his head sincerely: "Actually, it's barely enough, right? If you don't consider the latest generation of equipment, and don't consider the construction of some special laboratory sites. And you know, I just said that I will Take one billion to prepare for the establishment of the March Artificial Intelligence Foundation, so..."

Tian Yanzhen nodded and said: "Well, I understand. But first of all, you can't just stare at the laboratories in our school. Although the equipment in our laboratories is indeed relatively leading in the country, Huaxia has There are also many colleges and universities with money, and the cycle of equipment update and iteration is different. I will try my best to help you contact the platform you want to build. There are indeed many interested ones. You can use some skills when signing the agreement later. It’s just a matter of project prioritization. It saves a lot of money.”

"In addition, you must have misunderstood the annual allocation of laboratory equipment by the logistics management department. Do you know how many professors are queuing up to apply for various equipment every year? That allocation is really more wolf than meat. Your list can cover ten years The budget is all used up, and the construction cost of finding a venue is also added. From my point of view, I really want to support you. But it is really unrealistic."

"Finally, if you really want to have all the equipment on these two pages, it's not impossible. I can help you find a way. I think the possibility of success is very high, at least 90.00%. Equipment, instruments , The construction of the site according to your requirements can be perfectly completed, and the various maintenance of the laboratory after the completion does not require you to worry too much, and someone can naturally complete it. Of course, the premise is that you have enough confidence, and the results must match the efforts. "

Tian Yanzhen's last sentence successfully aroused Ning Wei's interest. Sure enough, the instructor is well-informed and has a more comprehensive view of the problem, so Ning Wei asked humbly: "Oh, Director Tian, ​​what can I do? Don't be tricky. "

Tian Yanzhen nodded, then pointed to the file cabinet behind Ningwei, and said, "You should first make a detailed plan and apply for a report, and remember that the report should clarify the significance of purchasing these equipment to build a laboratory, a little exaggeration It doesn't matter too much, and then find an opportunity, it's best to behave as if you were accidentally seen by that Mr. Liu Wei, and I don't need to teach you how to play in the future."

"Anyway, if you really have confidence in the future laboratory cluster, you should talk to him about those ideas. Now, others can only make rough judgments about what the artificial intelligence platform built in March can do, but you It must be clearer than others, so I won't talk about how to talk about it, but..."

"Stop!" Ning Wei had no choice but to interrupt Tian Yanzhen, with a bitter face, lowered his voice and said: "Tian Dao, my brother Liu has very sensitive ears, please keep your voice down, maybe he has already heard what you just said Here we are. Our house is not particularly soundproof."

"Haha, okay, then I won't say more. Anyway, I will teach you the methods, and I wish you success. Also, don't put all your energy on these aspects. It's better to focus on mathematics a little bit. I'm still waiting What about your top-notch youth final report and doctoral dissertation. This winter vacation, you should think about it carefully and prepare for the opening report. Let’s get over the cutscene so that you can graduate quickly.” Tian Yanzhen waved his hand, and then didn’t wait for Ning In order to react, he walked out of the office with a smile.

This came and went in a hurry, not a big boss at all, but it made Ning Wei's mind active, so can his nominal driver still be used like this?It's a pity that he didn't think of this method himself, and now he doesn't know if Brother Liu next door has heard the content of his chat with director Tian with his fine ears. Brother Liu shouldn't be teased.

But what should I say, since Director Tian said so, this is always a solution, and if Director Tian hadn't come over just now, he would have planned to ask Liu Wei about something.Thinking of this, Ning Wei confidently picked up the two A4 papers that Tian Yanzhen put on the desk, and took out two stacks of reports from the desk. I wrote a plan for developing EDA software at Jiangda University.

At that time, the eda project was the first large-scale project that he actively asked for investment, and the result was very good. For Huawei, it has become a tool for profit growth. The money earned is enough to support a dozen large projects.In short, this is a benchmark case of transforming a successful laboratory project into a commercial success, and Ning Wei thinks it can add points.

Holding a thick stack of documents in his hands, Ning Wei began to pay attention to the issue of emotional intelligence. Would it be too deliberate to just go directly to the door?Director Tian also said just now that if the performance is not so deliberate, the effect should be better. Rather, to understand Tian Yan's true meaning, if you want everything to happen naturally, you have to find someone to go to find trouble with a stack of documents reason...

After thinking about it for about a minute, Ning Wei gave up.

This is not the transformation of abstract mathematical ideas, where there are so many twists and turns.If you can achieve success, if you can’t achieve success and wait for a while to save money, you should be confident in being a human being. As long as you are not embarrassed, it will always be others who are embarrassed.

Speaking of it, he and Liu Wei are actually getting along pretty well, and it's impossible to turn a blind eye when it's time to cooperate with the performance.

So Ning Wei directly walked out the door with a document weighing at least one catty, came to the next door, opened the door and entered, and found that Liu Wei was sitting on the small sofa near the door, quietly holding a book Read it, looking very focused.But this position is really separated from his office by a wall.If this guy's ears are as sensitive as he said, it's hard to say that he can't hear.

"Hey, brother Liu, where are you reading? Double pride? Brother Liu, you have a wide range of hobbies!" The angle is a problem, Ning Wei can only see these two words on the cover.

"It's the peerless twins..." Liu Wei closed the book speechlessly, revealing the entire cover in front of Ning Wei: "Mr. Gu Long's martial arts is about two brothers, Xiao Yuer and Hua Wuque."

"Oh, I've seen it! I watched it in math class when I was in junior high school." Ning Wei nodded suddenly and said.

"Are you still in junior high school math class?" Liu Wei asked back with a surprised look.

"Otherwise! It's as if no one has ever been young. When I was studying, I read more than extracurricular books in class. It was a student who wanted to have the opportunity to experience the fun of writing a review. After all, I have never written a review. A school career is incomplete." Ning Wei said with a sad face.

Liu Wei glanced at Ning Wei, but said nothing.